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RIAA's Nasty Easter Egg
Bruha writes "It appears the RIAA is being very low key about the fact that the five major labels think that 99 cents per song is too cheap, and are discussing a price hike that would increase the tariff to $1.25 up to $2.99 per song. I was a huge fan of the 99c per song, but if they think that they can raise the price on me just because I don't buy full CDs anymore, they've got another thing coming. Suggestion: make good CDs, and maybe I'll buy the whole thing."
This is probably just so that they can increase the amount of money they try to sue people for.
Instead of valuing a track at 99c for piracy values, they value them at $2.99.
I have no sig yet I must scream.
It doesn't matter whether the price is $1 or $100, you shouldn't be buying anything from these online stores. Right now record labels are able to use their copyright ownerships to get both consumers and retailers over a barrell. The solution is to buy nothing from these stores until the music labels collapse, at which point bands can start negotiating directly with online distributors, which will mean a fairer price for everybody.